Combination envelope



May 15, 1934. E. G. VALLIER COMBINATION ENVELOPE Filed Aug. 5, 1933 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented May 15, 1934 ITED STATES PM if.

COMBINATION ENVELOPE Elijah G. Vallier, Wauwatosa, Wis., assignor to Western States Envelope Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin This invention relates to improvements in combination envelopes, and more particularly to a dual envelope construction for vehicle license plates and registration cards or the like.

In most or" the States it is common practice to mail vehicle license plates and registration cards in duplex or combination envelopes wherein the plates are disposed in a large, open end envelope and the card is held within a smaller envelope attached to or formed with the larger envelope, whereby one address will serve for both envelopes, although diiierent rates of postage apply to the respective envelopes.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide an envelope construction of the general class above described wherein the envelopes are originally separate articles but are secured together in a very simple manner for mailing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dual envelope arrangement wherein the smaller envelope is adapted to be located within an exterior pocket in the larger envelope, rendering connection of the two envelopes very simple and insuring proper location of the small envelope with respect to the large envelope.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dual envelope arrangement wherein a pocket serves to secure one edge of a small en velope to a large envelope and the other edge of the small envelope is held to the large envelope by a line of adhesive which also serves to seal the small envelope.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dual envelope arrangement wherein the large envelope is of standard form, except for a recess out in a seam flap, and the small envelope is formed with a guide throat cooperating with the attaching flap to facilitate the insertion of a card into said small envelope.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combination envelope of the class described which is very simple, is inexpensive to manufacture, in which the two envelopes thereof may be easily connected together, and which is well adapted for the purposes described.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the improved combination envelope, and its parts and combinations as set 59 forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

' In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a View showing the dual envelope in its assembled and closed condition;

Fig. 2 is a view of the blank of the main or large envelope on a reduced scale;

, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and on a larger scale; and

Fig. 4 is an inner face View of the small envelope.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will appear that the combination or dual envelope includes a large envelope 6, of the open end type and adapted to contain articles such 6 as vehicle license plates. It further includes a small envelope '7, of the open side type, to contain a registration card or other similar matter. The smaller envelope is engaged with and secured to the larger envelope in a manner so as to prevent dislodgment of the small envelope and also in a manner so as to seal the small envelope, whereby the combined article may be mailed as a unitary or single package.

The large envelope .6 is formed from a onepiece blank shown in Fig. 2 and includes a rear wall 3, a front wall 9 foldably connected with a side edge of the rear wall, a securing flap 10 foldably connected with the other side edge of the part 8, and foldable end flaps 10 and 11. The securing flap 10 is formed with a medially positioned U shaped cut or recess 12 extending from its free edge inwardly. The free edge portions of the surfaces of the flaps 10 and 11, which when folded over become the inner surfaces, carry coatings of adhesive, as indicated at 13, and the same is true of the flap 10, except that the adhesive terminates at the recess 12.

When the blank described is folded into form, the result is as shown in Fig. 1, with the flap 10 secured to the wall 9 and the flap l1 folded over and secured. The flap 11 may form the sealing flap and this flap is not folded over and secured until the article to be mailed has been slipped into the envelope. As thus arranged the medial portion'of the securing flap 10, coextensive with the cut 12, is unsecured and thereby an exterior pocket is provided between the lower portion of the envelope wall 9 and the reduced portion of the flap 10. The curvature of the cut is such that it provides a guide for the small envelope 7 in the operation of inserting said small envelope into the pocket, and said out, reducing the width of the flap l0, prevents the flap from covering and obscuring the medial window 14 in said small envelope.

The small envelope '7 is also formed from a onepiece blank and includes folded over and secured together front and rear Walls 15 and 16 respectively, end. flaps 17, and a top flap 18. The upper portion of the rear wall 16 is curved and extends relatively high with respect to the top flap 18 and forms therewith a guide throat to facilitate insertion of a card into the envelope. The top flap 18 is not adapted to be folded over and its inner surface carries a coating of adhesive 19.

When the improved dual envelope is to be used, license plates or the like are slipped into the large envelope 6 through the open end thereof, and then the end sealing flap 11 is folded over and secured, as in Fig. 1. Next, a registration card or the like is slipped into the small envelope '7 and then the adhesive 19 on the flap 18 of said envelope is moistened and said small envelope is disposed with respect to the large envelope so that the inner wall 16 is adjacent the wall 9 of the large envelope. The lower portion of the small envelope is next slipped intothe pocket of the large envelope, as far as it will go, and the moistened adhesive coating 19 is pressed against the large envelope wall 9 and caused to adhere thereto. spect to the largeenvelope and the pocket thereof is easily and accurately efiected and by adhering the flap 18 to the large envelope the small envelope becomes securely attached thereto, at the same time closing or sealing the open side of the small envelope. The card in the small envelope will bear the address for the package which will be visible through the window 14, and the pocket, while holding the small envelope effectively against dislodgment, does not obscure the window to any extent.

Besides being susceptible of very'easy connection 'or assembly, the improved combination or dual envelope may be manufactured very cheaply. Both envelopes are cut in one-piece blanks, in substantially the'ordinary manner and the enp, velopes can then be folded, filled and connected quickly and easily by unskilled labor. The improved combination envelope is, furthermore, of simple and novel construction, and is well adapted for the purposes set forth.

What is claimed as the invention is:

1. A combination envelope, comprising a relatively large envelope having two overlapping side flaps, the outer flap thereof having an edge recess cut therein, means for securing said flaps together except in the region or" the recess to form a longitudinal seam with a slot therein opening into a pocket between the unsecured portions of said flaps, and a relatively smaller envelope having an open edge and a flap extending therefrom, the smaller envelope extending into: said pocket and the major portion thereof including the flap being exterior of said pocket, and means for securing said flap of the smaller envelope to an outer wall portion of the larger envelope remote from the pocket.

The location of the small envelope with 're-- opening into a pocket between the unsecured portions of said flaps, and a relatively smaller envelope having an open edge and a flap extending therefrom, the smaller envelope extending into said pocket and the major portion thereof including the flap being exterior of said pocket, and means for securing said flap of the smaller envelope, in its extended condition, to an outer wall portion of the larger envelope remote from the pocket.

3. A combination envelope, comprising a relatively large envelope having two overlapping side flaps, the outer flap thereof having an edge recess cut therein, means for securing said flaps together except in the region of the recess to form a longitudinal seam with a slot therein opening into a pocket between the unsecured portions of said flaps, and a relatively smaller envelope formed with an inner wall and a relatively wider outer wall with an opening therebetween, the inner face of the projecting portion of said wider outer wallbeing secured to an outer wall portion of the large envelope remote from the pocket and the opposite edge portion of said small envelope extending into said pocket of the large envelope.

4. A combination envelope, comprising a relatively large envelope having two overlapping side flaps, the outer flap thereof having an intermediate portion of reduced width, means for adhering said flaps, with the exception of the reduced portion, together to form a longitudinal seam with a slot therein opening into a pocket between the unsecured portions of said flaps, and a relatively smaller envelope formed with an inner wall and a wider outer wall having an address window therein, the projecting portion of the wider outer wall being extended in the plane of said outer wall and having the inner face of said projecting portion secured flatly to an outer wall portion of the large envelope remote from the pocket, the opposite edge portion of the small envelope extending into the pocket of the large envelope with the address window adjacent the reduced flap portion forming the pocket and exterior of the same.

5. A combination envelope, comprising a relatively large envelope having a pocket provided in outer wall portions thereof and segregated from the interior of said envelope, and an insertextending into said pocket and having a flap portion exteriorly of said pocket secured flatly to an outer wall portion of the large envelope spacedly from said pocket.

6. An envelope, comprising a relatively large envelope having a pocket provided in outer wall portions thereof and segregated from the interior of said envelope, and an insert having a body portion and a flap extended in the plane of said body portion, said body portion of the insert having an address window therein and said body portion extending into said pocket, the flap portion of the insert being exterior of said pocket and being secured to an outer wall portion of the large envelope removed from the pocket.

ELIJAH G. VALLIER. 

